What Flows just did
Based on your request to build Founder Outreach Campaign, Flows created 5 implementation stages and 15 checks.
You asked for: Build a qualified target list and run a personal outreach campaign with messages, follow-ups, and tracking.. Flows generated 5 stages because the application requires An ideal-user profile with disqualifiers; A 30-50 person target list with personalization notes; Message templates for email/DM in founder voice. Each stage tells your AI builder what to do, tests whether it actually worked, and gives a repair instruction when it fails. These checks are designed to catch: Spraying LinkedIn with the same paragraph; Pitching a demo call in the first message to a stranger; Zero follow-up after silence (most replies come from follow-ups).
Example failure
The form reported success, but no database record was created.
What Flows does
Flows detects the failure, generates a repair instruction, reruns the test, and stores the passing evidence.
Stages — Plan → Build → Test → Fix → Prove → Ship
5 stages · 15 checks · progressive disclosure — open a stage for details
Copy to external builder
Copies a prompt for Claude/Cursor/etc. Records prompt_copied only — not execution, commits, or checks.
Execute through Oort
Requires Sign in with Oort + a provider connection (BYOK). Keys stay on Oort. A model name in the dropdown is not the same as a live connection.
Next
Check off: The profile includes a 'feels it now' trigger
Add a proof note on each check — a checkbox alone is weak proof.
Probes & advanced tools are under “More verification tools”. Experience level: Settings.
Project (saved with proof)
Project binding: Unbound — complete project binding before trusting this run · missing repositoryUrl, repositoryStartCommit, environment, stack
More verification tools (probes, timeline, adapters)Show
App persistence (create → read → assert token)
Body template: {"probe":"{{token}}","title":"flows-probe-{{token}}"}. Needs CORS-readable public create/list endpoints (or inconclusive). Badge only when create→read→refresh finds the token (detects false success).
Two-account authorization (User B cannot see/change User A)
Authorization evidence source: Cross-account ownership test (trust level 5/6). These are not equivalent. Unauthenticated probe alone is weaker (source: unauthenticated API probe). Tokens stay in this browser session only — not uploaded to Flows servers.
Generated edge-case tests (review / approve)
- api_probe Create then refresh still shows the record
- api_probe Edit then refresh keeps the edit
- api_probe Delete then refresh removes the record
- api_probe Nonexistent record ID fails cleanly
- cross_account_probe Cross-user record identifier is rejected
Generated from this route’s signals — you approve; you do not invent security tests.
Content probe (GET body contains text)
In-product content probe reads response text when CORS allows — not full DOM/click automation. Playwright script is optional and external.
Proof strength
thin · 0/100
Heuristic from notes + probes + gates — not a production certification.
Verification adapters
- ● Deploy URL probe · idle
- ● API path probe · idle
- ● Authz probe (unauth → 401/403) · idle
- ● Browser persistence · idle
- ● App persistence (create→read) · idle
- ● Content / body text probe · idle
- ○ In-product Playwright DOM · not embedded (download external script)
Filled circles = available here. Empty = not shipped. Probes are not a production audit. Adapter docs
Step 1 of 5
Not startedDefine the ideal first user
Outreach works when the target actually has the problem this week.
Flows keeps plan, checks, failures, and next steps connected
Your AI tool writes or changes the code
Repository grounds the plan only after inspect
Checks always carry a validation tier
How this plan was created
Plan from project details
Flows creates steps using the goal, requirements, stack, platform, and details you provide.
- Project description
- Selected template / route
- User-entered stack
- Constraints and notes
- Founder Outreach Campaign
No repository inspection implied. Connect and inspect a codebase to ground steps in real files.
Codebase access
Checking GitHub…
Or paste a repository URL manually
Use these instructions in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Emergent, or another builder.
Define my ideal first user for direct outreach. I will describe the product below. Produce: the specific profile (role, situation, and the trigger that means they feel the problem NOW); 3 disqualifiers (who looks right but will waste time); where these people are findable (specific communities, platforms, search queries); and what small first ask fits them (try it, 15-min feedback chat, reply with their current workaround). MY PRODUCT: [describe here]
Project context
Copies the project goal, technical details, current step, previous progress, and checks so your AI tool understands what it is working on.
Expected after this step
A sharp profile with triggers, disqualifiers, hunting grounds, and the first ask.
Should not happen
- ✕Spraying LinkedIn with the same paragraph
- ✕Pitching a demo call in the first message to a stranger
- ✕Zero follow-up after silence (most replies come from follow-ups)
- ✕No notes, so second touches repeat the first
Verify gate — prove this step works before continuing
Do not move on until every check is true. Add proof notes — a checked box alone is weak proof. Checks are manual by default; deploy/API probes live under “More verification tools” and do not auto-check boxes.
Do not continue if…
- !Spraying LinkedIn with the same paragraph
- !Pitching a demo call in the first message to a stranger
- !Zero follow-up after silence (most replies come from follow-ups)
- !No notes, so second touches repeat the first
Repair path — if this step fails
Use the Repair Prompt when a verify gate fails. Loop: Detected → Diagnosed → Repair issued → Changed → Retested → Resolved
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The profile is 'anyone who...'. Narrow to the person with the burning version of the problem and name the observable trigger that identifies them.
Your notes for this step
Definition of Done
Final route-level requirements. Manual checks — separate from per-step verify gates. Completing step gates does not auto-check these. Route completion is not a production-ready claim.